Copy-holder.



PATENTED JAN. 2, 1906,

J. s. DUDLEY. COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY5,1905

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Witmeooco.

PATENTED JAN. 2

J, S. DUDLEY.

COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY5, 1905.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED STATES JOHN S. DUDLEY, OF MARION, OHIO.

COPY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

Application filed May 5, 1905. Serial No. 258,984.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. DUDLEY, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to copy-holders for type-writing machines, and has for its object the provision of a device comprising a roller rotatably mounted having a depression in its surface in which is seated a spring-actuated clamp to clasp the copy and hold it to the roller and another roller journaled on swinging rods and held against the copy-holding roller by means of retractile coil-springs to hold the copy on the first-mentioned roller while being wound thereon and also serve as a line-guide.

The construction, operation, and advantages of my invention will be explained in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of my improved copy-holder," showing it attached to a type-writer table; Fig. 2, an end view of the copy-holding rollers and their mountings; Fig. 3, a top plan view; Fig. 4, a cross-section of the rollers, and Fig. 5 a view of a modification of a standard.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A represents a roller made of any desired material, such as wood, and covered with leather, having a longitudinal grooveB therein and a crease O connected with said groove by means of a depression D.

E represents circular plates secured to the ends of roller A, having integral therewith a spur or short shaft F.

G represents an angular frame having lateral slots g in its ends to receive the spurs F.

The plates E are notched, as shown at H, opposite the groove B in roller A to receive a shaft I, having a plate J secured thereto, with a downwardly-bent edge The plate J is adapted to seat in depression D and the edge in crease C When in its normal position, so that the integrity of the roller is not impaired. One end of shaft I is bent to form a handle K.

L represents coil-springs wound on the ends of shaft I to normally hold the edge jof plate J seated in crease O.

M representsthumb-wheels secured to the ends of spurs F to rotate roller A.

N represents rods secured to frame Gr, having pivotally secured to their free ends levers O, in the upper end of which are journaled the ends of a metal roller P, covered with a soft-rubber casing Q.

R represents springs having one end secured to the levers O and the other end to hooks S on the frame to hold the roller P against roller A and the roller A in slots g.

In Fig. 1 is shown one form-of support for my holder consisting of vertical rods S, having horizontal foot-pieces T, with spring-clips U thereon, adapted to clamp a rod V, secured to the type-writer table, while in Fig. 5 is shown another form, in which each vertical rod S is inserted in a tubular clip W, secured to the type-writer table, the rod S being bent, if desired, so as to permit adjustment of the rollers to the position desired by the operator.

In use the copy is inserted under plate J, the shaft I being rocked so that the edge 7' is raised out of the crease O. The roll A is then turned until the first line of the copy shows above the roller P. The roller A is then rotated as each line of the copy is written. When the copy is finished, a pull backward on the paper unwinds it, and a smart jerk will serve to remove the edge of the copy from under the edge of plate j.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a copy-holder, a roller, a paper-clamp pivotally secured thereto and having its ends extending outside the ends of the roller, and springs secured to the extended ends of the clamp and the ends of the roller to normally hold said clamp in a clamping position, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a copy-holder, a roller, a paper-clamp pivotally secured thereto and having its ends extending outside the ends of the roller, springs secured to the extended ends of the clamp and the ends of the roller to normally hold said clamp in a clamping position, and a spring-actuated roller bearing against the first-mentioned roller, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a copy-holder,-a roller having a longitudinal groove therein, a spring-actuated shaft in said groove having its ends extending beyond the ends of the roller, springs secured to the extended ends of the clamp and the ends of the roller to normally hold said clamp in a clamping position, and a plate secured to said shaft, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a copy-holder, a roller having a longitudinal groove,a crease adjacent to said groove and a depression connecting said groove and crease, aspiring-actuated shaft mounted in said groove having its ends extending beyond the ends of the roller, springs secured to the extended ends of the clamp and the ends of the roller to normally hold said clamp in a clamping position. and a plate secured to said shaft and adapted to lie in said depression and having 2. turned edge to seat in said crease, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a copy-holder, a roller having a longitudinal groove,a crease adjacent to said groove and a depression connecting said groove and crease, a spring-actuated shaft mounted in said groove having its ends extending beyond the ends of the roller, springs secured to the extended ends of the clamp and the ends of the roller to normally hold said clamp in a clamping position, a plate secured to said shaft and adapted to lie in said depression and having a turned edge to seat in said crease, and a springactuated roller bearing against the first-mentioned roller, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a copy-holder, an angular frame having slots in its ends, a roller journaled in said slots having a longitudinal groove, a crease adjacent to said groove and a depression connecting said groove and crease, a spring-actuated shaft mounted in said groove having its ends extending beyond the ends of the roller, springs secured to the extended ends of the clamp and the ends of the roller to normally hold said clamp in a clamping position, a plate secured to said shaft and adapted to lie in said depression and having a turned edge to seat in said crease, rods secured to said frame, levers pivoted on said rods, a roller journaled in the free ends of said levers, and springs connecting said levers and hooks on said frame, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto afiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. DUDLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. CRAWLEY, G. E. MAUSER. 

